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Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 11, p. 509. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buy fresh fish, save the meat for our soldiers and allies / E. Henderson.

Buy fresh fish, save the meat for our soldiers and allies / E. Henders...

Poster shows a butcher pointing at fish while a customer looks on.

We are saving you, you save food / E. Henderson.

We are saving you, you save food / E. Henderson.

Poster shows a soldier pointing in the air with explosions in the background. Text continues: Well fed soldiers will win the war.

Are you breaking the law? Patriotic Canadians will not hoard food

Are you breaking the law? Patriotic Canadians will not hoard food

Poster shows a man and woman with bags of hoarded flour and sugar looking at the silhouette of a policeman walking by their blind-covered window. A Canada Food Board statement, detailing fines for hoarding, ha... More

Sammelt Bucheln! / J.U. Engelhard, 18.

Sammelt Bucheln! / J.U. Engelhard, 18.

Poster shows a golden bottle standing next to a tree branch. Text urges people to collect beechnuts and exchange 16 kg. of them for a bottle of oil and 10 Marks. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte u... More

Petrograd. [People and trolleys]. A moving van - Furstadtskaya. Women parading to the Duma. Discussing the bread allowance

Petrograd. [People and trolleys]. A moving van - Furstadtskaya. Women ...

Photograph of the moving van shows horse-drawn van. Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of... More

Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing / [WKL].

Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing / [WKL...

Photograph shows gas ration stamps being inspected with a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington, D.C. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Phot... More